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Make one! I put a Slack together for remote workers (https://helloremote.life https://helloremote.life) and it’s been really fulfilling to see the group and the

by kmf 9y ago

Make one! I put a Slack together for remote workers (https://helloremote.life https://helloremote.life) and it’s been really fulfilling to see the group and the level of conversation grow over time. Also a good way to network, both for you as the organizer, and for people in the group (a hiring or jobs channel in particular)

sraquo 9y ago
It would be great if you had a public preview of the content there. I've seen it done before, so there must be some kind of a slack app that lets you do that. As a remote contractor I sometimes feel that it would be nice to have a chat like that, but a few startup-themed slack channels that I tried out turned out to be no good for me.
- kmf 9y ago
  Thought about this, and agreed that it’s a good idea. I know @levelsio had one for Nomad List’s Slack, but I don’t think he open-sourced the code. If someone knows of a lib to do that, let me know!
  - derimagia 9y ago
    Take a look at http://slackarchive.io http://slackarchive.io if you haven't already
catilac 9y ago
awesome. i didn't know about this. thanks!
firloop 9y ago
Just curious: why Slack vs e.g. Discord for these types of communities? I've seen both used but I'm interested to know from a community organizer standpoint where each platform makes more sense.
- rexf 9y ago
  I suppose you could use either. Slack is positioned for workers, while Discord is positioned for gamers. * "Where work happens" - https://slack.com/ https://slack.com/ * "Free Voice and Text Chat for Gamers" - https://discordapp.com/ https://discordapp.com/
- kmf 9y ago
  Good question. The chat actually started in Discord, which I think is actually a better tool for community chats (no archive limit, better permission management). The issue, and in my case, this is specific to the remote Slack, is that a lot of people who use it /already/ have Slack open for their day job. Lots of people joined the Discord, but no one really chatted. When we moved to Slack it was like an instant adrenaline shot into the daily activity of the group. Again, I think this is specific to the group — I’m in a couple crypto Discord channels that are SUPER active. It just happens that a lot of the remote workers in the group already have Slack open.
  - intelhearts 9y ago
    Find slack really slow to switch between teams, the client is just meh

by kmf 9y ago

sraquo 9y ago

It would be great if you had a public preview of the content there. I've seen it done before, so there must be some kind of a slack app that lets you do that. As a remote contractor I sometimes feel that it would be nice to have a chat like that, but a few startup-themed slack channels that I tried out turned out to be no good for me.

kmf 9y ago
Thought about this, and agreed that it’s a good idea. I know @levelsio had one for Nomad List’s Slack, but I don’t think he open-sourced the code. If someone knows of a lib to do that, let me know!
- derimagia 9y ago
  Take a look at http://slackarchive.io http://slackarchive.io if you haven't already

catilac 9y ago

awesome. i didn't know about this. thanks!

firloop 9y ago

Just curious: why Slack vs e.g. Discord for these types of communities? I've seen both used but I'm interested to know from a community organizer standpoint where each platform makes more sense.

rexf 9y ago
I suppose you could use either. Slack is positioned for workers, while Discord is positioned for gamers. * "Where work happens" - https://slack.com/ https://slack.com/ * "Free Voice and Text Chat for Gamers" - https://discordapp.com/ https://discordapp.com/
kmf 9y ago
Good question. The chat actually started in Discord, which I think is actually a better tool for community chats (no archive limit, better permission management). The issue, and in my case, this is specific to the remote Slack, is that a lot of people who use it /already/ have Slack open for their day job. Lots of people joined the Discord, but no one really chatted. When we moved to Slack it was like an instant adrenaline shot into the daily activity of the group. Again, I think this is specific to the group — I’m in a couple crypto Discord channels that are SUPER active. It just happens that a lot of the remote workers in the group already have Slack open.
- intelhearts 9y ago
  Find slack really slow to switch between teams, the client is just meh